How to minimize lenth of string when binding to grid view

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Hi,

Iam trying to minimize the lenhth of sting when binding to gridview it is working, but when iam trying to export to excel sheet it is not showing complete text rather it show "Sampletext....." Like this,

Please help to sort it out.

Posted 13-Feb-15 1:44am

Baroor

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Kuthuparakkal 13-Feb-15 7:50am

Need more info. How do you minimize string ?

Baroor 13-Feb-15 7:53am

minimizing means showing text as "THIs IS S.." instead of "THIS IS SAMPLE QUESTION"

in grid view.

ZurdoDev 13-Feb-15 7:53am

It's because you wrote code to make it do that.

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2015-02-13T01:54:00

Solution 1

You need to export the source of the grid rather than the grid itself. The datasource will contain the entire content.

Posted 13-Feb-15 1:54am

Abhinav S

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2015-02-13T04:05:00

Don't truncate the string; use CSS to hide the overflow instead.

ASPX file:

ASP.NET

<asp:TemplateField ItemStyle-CssClass="hide-overflow">
<ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Label runat="server"
        Text='<% Eval("DataItem.SKILLS") %>'
        ToolTip='<% Eval("DataItem.SKILLS") %>'
    />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Stylesheet:

CSS

.hide-overflow
{
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

deepankarbhatnagar · Answer 3 · 2015-02-13T01:59:00

Solution 2

Below is the code which solve your query,
string str="SampleText"
if (str.Length > 5)
str= str.Substring(0, 5) + "...";

Then out will be Sampl...

Posted 13-Feb-15 1:59am

deepankarbhatnagar

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Baroor 13-Feb-15 8:03am

By This i got Expected result in grid view, But when Exported to excel showing the text fallowed by ... only, rather i want complete text in excel column.

I Used This.

Text=' <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.SKILLS").ToString().Length>15? DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.SKILLS").ToString().Substring(0,14)+"...":DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.SKILLS")%>' ToolTip='%#DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.SKILLS")'>

deepankarbhatnagar 15-Feb-15 23:55pm

This code works correctly in my side, I am using it in my project, use your atic wit slightly, logic is this only.